Everyone agreed that we needed a bad-ass opening for our new series so cameraman P.H. O'Brien came up with a crazy plan. "Let's build a billboard and crash the bus through it," he said.
"Excellent!" we all replied.
Russ the bus driver and PH spent countless hours planning out this stunt. They even crashed a few cars through test materials to see which ones would work best. They settled upon a top secret mixture of styro-foam, two-by-fours, and pencils. Seriously, they used pencils to hold this stuff together.
We rented a huge airplane hanger out at the the old airport to hold the three billboards they built. No sense just doing this once!
We all gathered together on our last day in Austin to watch the big crash go down. Would Russ survive? What about our beloved bus? We held our breath and...BAM! It worked!
Way to go, Russ, PH, and Trace...you made us proud! Wait till you see it on film...a killer opening for a killer show, we hope.
4.02.2008
We Crashed the Bus!
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Hi there guys
My friend told me about your films a couple of weeks ago. Then yesterday I heard you on 'This American Life'. I looked up your website and I've just been watching your videos for half an hour instead of working. They're great and some of them are hilarious. Good music too. I love that 'California' song, I was singing along by the second chorus.
You guys are certainly kicking a lot of ass. I'll look forward to seeing more - I'm in England, so I hope that Channel 4 or someone picks up your new series.
Enjoy yourselves and keep up the good work, I'll be spreading the word and checking back again
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